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Hackers prove age verification systems on pornography sites can be bypassed in seconds (news.sky.com)
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Using widely available technology, well-known ethical hackers Chris Kubecka and Paula Popovici quickly accessed numerous pornography sites without ever verifying their ages.

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[–] andioop@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

"Accidentally stumbling across porn" is not directly searching for it. It's being 12 and browsing DeviantArt for some nice art of video game characters and finding Sonic inflation diaper porn that was obviously drawn by someone your age or younger, judging by the art quality.

Still didn't come out traumatized or oversexed, though I did get the asexuality cheat code for that.

My friends who watch porn have always treated me respectfully. I do wonder if there is any study backing up my idea that porn is not harmful, it's refusing to talk about what is healthy and what is not in a relationship and modeling bad interactions that is harmful. (Funnily enough, the internet taught me this one too. Thank you 2010s Tumblr, and fanfic author's notes and stuff or analysis of relationships between characters mentioning how a dynamic is unhealthy. And reading parental watchdog sites explaining all the unhealthy media models your kids shouldn't watch, ignoring them and going ahead consuming it anyways, but remembering the actual "and that's unhealthy for a relationship" statements.) Or if I'm wrong and it's a mix of things and some kids can be damaged by seeing porn—don't want to discount experiences that do not reflect my own personal bubble and social circle.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

launched on August 7, 2000, by Mathew Stephens, Scott Jarkoff and 

So

  1. I found porn before DA existed

  2. SCOTT JERKOFF OMG HAHAHA

But yeah, playboys at grandpa's and unlabeled VHS.

But as to "porn not harmful it's how we talk about shit" (paraphrasing), I agree.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

I guess this might be hard to understand if you're asexual but my point is that young boys (and maybe girls) aren't "stumbling over porn". They're seeking it out.

If this was only meant to prevent stumbling over porn then the existing "are you over 18? [Yes] [no]" checks would be perfectly fine.

I do wonder if there is any study backing up my idea that porn is not harmful, it’s refusing to talk about what is healthy and what is not in a relationship and modeling bad interactions that is harmful.

Yeah maybe... Porn doesn't even try to depict normal relationships so I don't think it could really be distorting them, unlike films or creepy influencers like Andrew Tate.